Early-late heterobimetallic complexes as initiator for ethylene polymerization. Cooperative effect of two metal centers to afford highly branched polyethylene.

Ethylene polymerization initiated by early-late transition-metal complexes afforded a polymer with different branched structures and properties depending on the type of late transition-metal.

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